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Whitewater rafting, ‘Name That Tune’ and a coach willing to change: How Virginia’s off-court fun has fueled its on-court success

Zachary Pereles

MINNEAPOLIS — Mamadi Diakite doesn’t like jumping into murky water. If he can’t see the bottom, he doesn’t want to go in. It’s a reasonable apprehension. As he said Friday with a smile coming to his face, he doesn’t want to be “surprised.”